Fog/Mist and 32 F at Pittsburgh - Allegheny County Airport, PA
Winds are West at 8.1 MPH (7 KT). The pressure is 1017.4 mb and the humidity is 92%.The wind chill is 25. Last Updated on Feb 17 2018, 10:53 pm EST. More...

H. L. Hunley Becomes First Submarine to Sink an Enemy Warship (1864)The US Civil War-era submarine Hunley required an eight-man crew—seven to power the propeller with a hand-crank and one to steer. Within months of its launch, the Confederate sub had sunk and been salvaged twice, taking the lives of five crewmen the first time and the entire crew the second. Manned with a new crew, Hunley became the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, yet the achievement was marred when the sub itself sank, killing all aboard yet again. When was it recovered? DiscussMore...

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Man Rescued After Slipping, Falling Down Hillside Near Station Square

Man Rescued After Slipping, Falling Down Hillside Near Station Square
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:03:43 +0000
https://cbspittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/hillside-person-rescued.jpg?w=150Emergency rescuers saved a man from plummeting down to the bottom of Mt. Washington on Friday afternoon.
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Lawmakers who hammered out a bipartisan reform of the way Congress handles sexual assault complaints have been patting themselves on the back for bringing accountability and transparency to the process. They should rest their arms.
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SportsLine?s Top Weekend Picks: College Basketball Continues
Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:00:41 +0000
https://cbspittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/rhode-island-rams-basketball.jpg?w=150With so much college basketball action, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
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25 Dec 2017
Crews Work To Make Sure Roads Are Safe After Snowfall

Crews Work To Make Sure Roads Are Safe After Snowfall
Mon, 25 Dec 2017 22:32:55 +0000
https://cbspittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/department-of-public-works.jpg?w=150Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Those wishing for a white Christmas in Pittsburgh, got their wish, as snow began falling overnight. The white blanket covered homes and lawn and roads, which...

Sniff, huh, wha...

What is that smell?

Picture a warm day followed by a cool night. As dusk passes into night, a smell encroaches.
It is a not a smell of honeysuckle or sweetness. It is a noxious smell, a mixture of exhaust
and chemicals, caused by a weather phenomenon called inversion.

As explained by Mrs. Graham, Section Head of Air Quality Planning at the Allegheny County Health
Department, an inversion occurs when the ground temperature is cooler than the air above, causing
pollution to be trapped near the ground and your nose.

Normally air temperature gets cooler as altitude increases, allowing pollution to rise and float
away. However, if the air temperature is cooler near the ground than it is at a higher altitude,
even by a couple of degrees, a bad smell can occur.

Notice a bad smell?

Call the Allegheny County Foul Odor Hotline at 412-687-ACHD (2243) to report the smell or visit
GASP to learn more about air quality issues.